Non-refillable bottle.



m. 7|2,|73. Patented Oct. 28, m2.

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' NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application filed Mar. 24, 1802.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATHEW-M. BEAM, OF OLDFORGE, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,173, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed March 24, 1902. Serial No. 99,677. (No model.)

To all whom, it mag concern:

Be it known that I,MATHEWM.BEAM,a citizen of the United States, residing at Oldforge, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to non-refillable bot-., tles for dispensing of wines, liquors, or other valuable liquids; and the objects of theinvention are to prevent fraudulent refilling of hottles after their original contents have been used or partly used therefrom, to simplify the construction of such bottles, and to render them more efficient, and other objects as are specified herein and point-ed out more fully in the claim.

My invention is illustrated in the drawings accompanying this specification, in which Figure 1 is a view, partially in cross-section, showing the neck of a filled bottle in which my invention is used. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the position of the parts in the act of emptying the bottle. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the valve member used in the neck of the bottle.

In the drawings the bottle 1 is constructed a with a neck, the upper part 2 of which is formed in the ordinary way and fitted with a cork 3. The lower part of the neck 4 at the breast of the bottle is narrowed and is ground out in conical shape to be fitted with a conical valve member 5, which is arranged and constructed to sit within the enlargement 6 in the neck of the bottle. Between the enlargement 6 and the cylindrical part 2 of the neck of the bottle is a screw-threaded part 7, and the upper part of the valve member 5 is furnished with corresponding screw-threads 8, permitting it to be screwed into its position through the threaded part 7. The top of the valve member 8 is'also provided with sloping lugs 9 9, arranged to permit of turning the plug by a knife-blade or other suitable instrument in the direction of the arrow, but furnished withslopes 10 10, so as to thwart an effort to turn the member in an opposite direction with a similar instrument.

When the bottle isto be filled, the valve 7 member not yet having been inserted, the

liquid will pass into the bottle in the usual way. To close the bottle, the valve member it is pressed firmly down into the seat which is ground out for it, so as to make a perfect gla ss-stopper fit. After it is thus fitted a drop of liquid glass is deposited in the thread of the neck at 11 and allowed to harden and to cohere there as an additional prevention to removal of the valve member 5. The cork-3 is thereafter inserted, and the bottle may be sealed in the usual way. When the contents are to be emptied out, the cork 3 is removed, and by the aid of a knife or other instrument the valve 5 is loosened by gentle turning or tapping. The valve member lying loose takes the position shown in Fig. 2, permitting the liquid to be poured out. If any attempt is made to refill the bottle, it will be noticed that when the bottle is stood erect the valve 5 drops into position, completely Having thus described my invention, I do not wish to be confined to the exact description shown, as it is evident that the tral portion, a plain upper portion, and an opening at the breast of the bottle, and the In testimony whereof I aifix my signature conical end of the plug aforesaid adapted to I in presence of two witnesses.

close the said contracted opening when the bottle stands erect to 'ether with a sealingstopper at the upper 65d of said cylindrical MATHEW BEAM neck, and a glass obstruction cohering to the Witnesses:

B. G. LA BAR,

screw-threads thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specified. ERNEST J. BARNES. 

